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I'm with @devyn - fries with lots of cheese and Bacon... I love mine dipped in Ranch. Nom Nom Nom
I like that too... really if it involves fries, you're not going to break my heart with it.I'm with @devyn - fries with lots of cheese and Bacon... I love mine dipped in Ranch. Nom Nom Nom
In TX we like French fries and cream gravy, not brown gravy!
My husband (born and raised in Dallas) is the exact same way. He doesn't like brown gravy and I don't get it...it's beef flavored and it's gravy - what's wrong with that?!
Check the "Rave" threadHey stb--show them your new PUPPY
My RANT is about the application... HOW do they expect us to write anything meaningful and descriptive in the pathetic 480 character limit experience descriptions?!???!!! That isn't even a full paragraph of writing.. it's like... 3/4 of a paragraph its so frustrating!!!
Today was full of maggots, MRSA, MRSP, fleas, ear mites, and sarcoptes. Needless to say, I'm mentally itchy even after the longest shower ever.
I guess but even still, it was hard to be general if you had multiple different experiences. I guess I was under the impression that they would have provided more space for us to elaborate instead of just list.They don't want you to talk about how it changed your life - they just want to know what you did. "Monitored anesthesia for surgery, answered phones, ran inventory, placed IV catheters, gave medications as instructed by DVM." That sort of thing.
I guess but even still, it was hard to be general if you had multiple different experiences. I guess I was under the impression that they would have provided more space for us to elaborate instead of just list.
character limits were the bane of my existence on my vet school apps. one school asked for an explanation of research activities in <60 characters. seriously not possible. i spent that summer telling people who were ranting on fb about word count limits how grateful they ought to be that it wasnt character count limits instead!hah my rant was not even accepted on this thread... I was looking for someone to share in my frustrations. My NEW rant is how my previous rant backfired on me.
Wow! Yeah I guess I should be glad that it isn't less! 60 characters is like nothing hahaha, why even write anything!! J/k! And thanks for your post I am slowly but surely getting everything down to the right character limit I was just bummed so many details about my experiences couldn't make it in. But I do see why the limits have to be short, it must be so hard for application reviewers to go through all the apps!character limits were the bane of my existence on my vet school apps. one school asked for an explanation of research activities in <60 characters. seriously not possible. i spent that summer telling people who were ranting on fb about word count limits how grateful they ought to be that it wasnt character count limits instead!
hah my rant was not even accepted on this thread... I was looking for someone to share in my frustrations. My NEW rant is how my previous rant backfired on me.
you have to get creative and use kindergarten words and abbreviations are your friend haha. and yeah idk why they wanted us ti write anything in 60 characters...pointless waste reallyWow! Yeah I guess I should be glad that it isn't less! 60 characters is like nothing hahaha, why even write anything!! J/k! And thanks for your post I am slowly but surely getting everything down to the right character limit I was just bummed so many details about my experiences couldn't make it in. But I do see why the limits have to be short, it must be so hard for application reviewers to go through all the apps!
Starting off the first day of school with my dog puking on my bed in the middle of the night.
I'm so sorry to hear about your problem :/ As a 1st time applicant this year as well I really feel for you. It has been a constant worry of mine that the letters won't be in on time. If you are attempting to get in your app before the Sept 2nd deadline, do you at least have one ELOR in?Because they can still verify your app with one letter submitted. Did you already put all of their info into the application, so they have received the log in info from VMCAS? Maybe you can keep trying to contact them in any way possible? Or in the meantime resort to asking other people you know to write you letters? If anything, if they do submit your letters eventually, having more letters is better than too few.First off, wow I am so grateful to have found this amazing web page. Okay, time to rant! I am currently applying to vet schools (1st time applicant) and am SO frustrated with the faculty of my Animal Science department at my "prestigious" university. Months and months in advance I asked a couple of teachers whom which I have had a close student-teacher relationship to be evaluators for me on my application. Well, the applications open and I blast an email to them both saying thanks again for agreeing, your evaluation is ready to go. Two weeks later: Nothing. Resend email. One month later: Nothing. Call animal science department. Nothing. dean of students, referred to College of Agriculture. Department Head tells me to give up. HOW can a school do this?! I was told by both teachers that they would be accessible during the summer (one is retired and the other is on sabbatical this quarter so I can't just wait for school to be back in session) and now they are MIA. I feel so hopeless and betrayed by these teachers and the university. I even did this additional project for one of them during an internship in Ecuador and now when I need something, was promised something, I'm chewed up and spat out by CSU education. Any advice is welcome
First off, wow I am so grateful to have found this amazing web page. Okay, time to rant! I am currently applying to vet schools (1st time applicant) and am SO frustrated with the faculty of my Animal Science department at my "prestigious" university. Months and months in advance I asked a couple of teachers whom which I have had a close student-teacher relationship to be evaluators for me on my application. Well, the applications open and I blast an email to them both saying thanks again for agreeing, your evaluation is ready to go. Two weeks later: Nothing. Resend email. One month later: Nothing. Call animal science department. Nothing. dean of students, referred to College of Agriculture. Department Head tells me to give up. HOW can a school do this?! I was told by both teachers that they would be accessible during the summer (one is retired and the other is on sabbatical this quarter so I can't just wait for school to be back in session) and now they are MIA. I feel so hopeless and betrayed by these teachers and the university. I even did this additional project for one of them during an internship in Ecuador and now when I need something, was promised something, I'm chewed up and spat out by CSU education. Any advice is welcome
I'm so sorry to hear about your problem :/ As a 1st time applicant this year as well I really feel for you. It has been a constant worry of mine that the letters won't be in on time. If you are attempting to get in your app before the Sept 2nd deadline, do you at least have one ELOR in?Because they can still verify your app with one letter submitted. Did you already put all of their info into the application, so they have received the log in info from VMCAS? Maybe you can keep trying to contact them in any way possible? Or in the meantime resort to asking other people you know to write you letters? If anything, if they do submit your letters eventually, having more letters is better than too few.
What the hell. That's horrible! As a first-time applicant myself, I am so sorry you're going through this Getting eLors was the hardest thing for me too. But promising and then going MIA is just plain wrong. Well, I had teachers that I had close relationships with say no but a teacher that I thought would say no, said yes, even gladly. So, my advice is maybe ask someone else? I know it's getting late in the game, but if you give them until October 2nd, it should still be ok. Do you have an advisor that you can bring this up with? Pre-vet or pre-health office?
haha! Yeah, I seem to recall every "hours before officially closed for a holiday" that people suddenly realize they should do something about their animals ailments that have been around since last weekend or even longer...Holy day before a holiday weekend hell.
I just... there are no words for the cluster that is today. Can someone send me a puppy vaccine appointment?
Seriously! Nothing like working alone on the Friday before labor day. I need a drink.Holy day before a holiday weekend hell.
I just... there are no words for the cluster that is today. Can someone send me a puppy vaccine appointment?
I'm working a six hour ER shift on Labor Day. SO EXCITED. (Yes, I have problems.)Seriously! Nothing like working alone on the Friday before labor day. I need a drink.
eh you'll be fine - the problems come at the end of the day when people are done with their celebrations and come home to their pets with problems, or they wait until the very next morning to address the mess.I'm working a six hour ER shift on Labor Day. SO EXCITED. (Yes, I have problems.)
I actually love it I meant I have problems in that I enjoy when sick pets come in so I can see some cool cases!eh you'll be fine - the problems come at the end of the day when people are done with their celebrations and come home to their pets with problems, or they wait until the very next morning to address the mess.
i had to sit down and thoroughly explain to my parents that when i am "home" in december, i am not on break and that i will be externing at a hospital. that was followed by oh you mean you'll get paid? *facepalm* no, it means that i will actually get to graduate!!I actually love it I meant I have problems in that I enjoy when sick pets come in so I can see some cool cases!
Seriously! Nothing like working alone on the Friday before labor day. I need a drink.
And I'm working with youuuuuuu! Even betterI'm working a six hour ER shift on Labor Day. SO EXCITED. (Yes, I have problems.)